Hermann Adolph von Haxthausen

Hermann Adolph Simon Franz Mauritius von Haxthausen (born March 3, 1703 in Welda near Warburg, † May 9, 1768 in Welda) was a senior marshal and governor in the bishopric of Paderborn .

family

Hermann von Haxthausen zu Welda comes from the white line (Abbenburg line) of the noble family Haxthausen . The family belongs to the nobility in the prince-bishopric of Paderborn and held several important offices in the state. The family line in Welda was established by Gottschalck von Haxthausen, who received the fief of Welda and the castle fief in Warburg from the Paderborn bishop in 1469. Hermann's parents were the father Johann Friedrich Konrad von Haxthausen zu Welda and the mother Sophia Henrichina Franziska von Galen zu Ermelinghof (in Märkischen near Hamm). Hermann Adolph's first marriage in 1733 was Agnes Ursula von der Lippe zu Vinsebeck , a canoness in Geseke, and his second marriage was Marie Therese of Westphalia . With his death, the Welda branch of the Haxthausen family died out in the male line. His sister Wilhelmina was abbess of the aristocratic canonical monastery in Geseke from 1763 to 1774 . The lieutenant became the daughter Wilhelmine (* 1765), formerly canoness of Metelen, who married Franz Georg von Brackel in 1788. There was a long-standing legal dispute (1768–1840) with the family line of the Haxthausen zu Bökendorf, who claimed the fief in Welda, about the Welda inheritance. The lawyer Ludwig Pernice was commissioned by the Haxthausen to write a legal opinion.

Functions

He was chief marshal and governor of the knighthood in the Paderborn monastery as well as chamberlain for the Electorate of Cologne and a secret councilor. He was also the dean of the rifle clubs. In court documents he is also referred to as the Drost and Conductor of the Princely House of Calenberg.

Life

For the wedding with his first wife Agnes Ursula, he had to promise her to build a representative castle in Welda . He commissioned the Hildesheim master builder of the Hildesheim diocese, Justus Wehmer , who had previously designed Vinsebeck Castle , the residence of his in-laws, in 1720 . The construction of the new castle lasted from 1734 to 1736. Both of his marriages remained without male descendants. Hermann Adolph was considered a strict liege lord in Welda, who did not shrink back from corporal punishment .

literature

• Bruno Hake: Welda. A village between nobility and church , Hermes-Verlag, Warburg. 1994